if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
slight; little; insignificant
chair; stool; post; office; position
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
preface; introduction; preamble
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
example; illustration; precedent
near oneself; close to one; familiar
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
explosion; rupture; break off
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to lose sight of; to miss
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
God; god; ace; king; superior person
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to comfort; to console; to amuse
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
and yet; though; when; in spite of
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
irritation; annoyance; frustration
aloneness; loneliness; solitude